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Idumonza Isidahomhen Emerges SDP Candidate For Edo Central By-Election

21.07.2025

Experienced media practitioner, Idumonza Isidahomhen has emerged the candidate of the Social Democratic Party, SDP, for the forthcoming Bye-Election into Edo Central Senatorial District of Edo State. Isidahomhen polled all the total vote casts in the election, to clinch the party’s flag. Announcing the result, the returning officer for the primaries, Mr. Iyamu Collins observed...

COSEYL Demands Arrest Of Anambra PDP Candidate’s Attackers

21.07.2025

The Coalition of South East Youth Leaders (COSEYL) has condemned the recent attack on the Anambra State Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, governorship candidate, Chief Jude Ezenwafor, demanding arrest and prosecution of the assailants. The apex sociopolitical youth group in the South East geopolitical zone noted that the 2025 Anambra State governorship election candidate was shot by...

Kenneth Okonkwo Accuses Edo Governor Of Ethnic Bias About Comment On Peter Obi

21.07.2025

Nollywood veteran actor and former spokesman for the Labour Party, Kenneth Okonkwo has sparked debate after accusing the Governor of Edo State of making a tribalistic and ethnically biased statement directed at former presidential candidate Peter Obi. In a social media post now trending across platforms, Okonkwo claimed the governor’s message revealed underlying prejudice. He...

LP Candidate Vows To Defeat Okpebholo

21.07.2025

Candidate of the Labour Party for Edo Central senatorial district in August’s by-election, Paul Okojie, has said he would defeat Governor Monday Okpebholo and the candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Joseph Ikpea, at the polls. The Edo Central seat became vacant follwoing the election of Okpebholo as Governor. Okojie, who spoke shortly after he...

Improve Facilities At Nigeria Correctional Centres, Ajadi Urges FG

21.07.2025

A South West stalwart of the New Nigeria Peoples Party, (NNPP), Olufemi Ajadi, has called on the Federal Government to improve the conditions of inmates and the facilities at the Correctional Centres across the country. Ajadi who spoke on Sunday while celebrating his birthday at the Agodi Federal Correctional Centre, Ibadan, Oyo state, said he...

A Defection Foretold How Ex-Vice President, Atiku, Switched Political Parties Five Times in 19 Years

21.07.2025

Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar is not new to switching of political parties but his recent resignation from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), which is the third time he would be leaving the party and a record fivetime defection in 19 years, stands him out in the back-and-forth movement by Nigerian politicians. FELIX NWANERI reports...

ADC Kicks Off Anambra Gov Race With Thanksgiving

21.07.2025

The African Democratic Congress (ADC) formally launched its 2025 gubernatorial campaign in Anambra State on Sunday, July 20, with a solemn Thanksgiving and Dedication Service held at the Anglican Cathedral Church of St. Faith, Awka. The early morning service, marked the spiritual commencement of the party’s electioneering efforts and signalled a renewed commitment to value-driven,...

Katsina Governor Survives Car Crash

21.07.2025

Kaduna State Governor, Dikko Radda, experienced a close shave in a minor accident while traveling along the Daura-Katsina Road on Sunday evening. This was after he visited the residence of the late former President Muhammadu Buhari in Daura. New Telegraph Online gathered that the information was dispersed through a statement by his Chief Press Secretary, Ibrahim...

APC Picks Kamilu Sa’idu As Candidate

20.07.2025

The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Zamfara State has elected Kamilu Sa’idu as its candidate for the August 16, 2025, bye-election for the Kaura Namoda North State Constituency. Sa’idu emerged unopposed after three other aspirants Bashir Muhammad Madaro (Walin Kurya), Anas S/Fada, and Alhaji Ashiru Hamisu Habibu stepped down during the party’s primary held at...

No Light, No Vote, ADC Tells Tinubu

20.07.2025

The African Democratic Congress (ADC) has warned President Bola Tinubu that Nigerians will deny him their votes in the 2027 general election if he fails to fulfill his promise of stable electricity. ADC’s interim National Publicity Secretary, Mallam Bolaji Abdullahi, issued the statement on Sunday via his verified Twitter handle, reminding the president of his...

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I apologise for saying no heaven without tithe – Adeboye

04.10.2024

The General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, Pastor Enoch Adeboye, has apologised for saying that Christians who don’t pay tithe might not make it to heaven. Adeboye who had previously said that paying tithe was one of the prerequisites for going to heaven, apologised for the comment while addressing his congregation Thursday...

Protesters storm Rivers electoral commission, insist election must hold

04.10.2024

Angry protesters on Friday stormed the office of the Rivers State Independent Electoral Commission, singing and chanting ‘Election must hold’. They defied the heavy rainfall spreading canopies, while singing and drumming, with one side of the road blocked. The protest came after the Rivers State governor stormed the RSIEC in the early hours of Friday...

Man who asked Tinubu to resign admitted in psychiatric hospital

04.10.2024

The Adamawa State Police Command has disclosed that the 30-year-old Abdullahi Mohammed who climbed a 33 kv high tension electricity pole in Mayo-Belwa last Friday has been admitted at the Yola Psychiatric hospital for mental examination. The Police Public Relations Officer of the command SP Suleiman Nguroje, told Arewa PUNCH on Friday in an exclusive...

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